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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






2. What is the function of vitamin E?






3. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






4. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






5. What is the function of vitamin C?






6. The higher the BMR a client has --






7. What is normal BMI?






8. What function is vitamin A?






9. What foods have high quality protein?






10. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






11. What function is vitamin D?






12. What is normal albumin levels?






13. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






14. What does DASH stand for?






15. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






16. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






17. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






18. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






20. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






21. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






22. Fats can lead to some medical problems






23. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






24. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






25. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






26. What is RDA of protein?






27. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






28. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






29. Sources of fats






30. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






31. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






32. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






33. Where can you get more vitamin D?






34. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






35. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






36. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






37. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






39. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






40. What type of people need extra protein?






41. Name six sources of grains






42. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






43. When does BMR increase?






44. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






45. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






46. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






47. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






48. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






49. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






50. How many calories/gram is protein?